राष्ट्रीय शिक्षा प्रणाली एवं भारतीय मानस (श्री अरविन्द - एकात्म शिक्षा दर्शन)

CHAPTER VII
THE TRAINING OF THE MENTAL
FACULTIES
The first qualities of the mind that
have to be developed are those which
can be grouped under observation.
We notice some things, ignore others.
Even of what we notice, we observe
very little. A general perception of
an object is what we all usually carry
away from a cursory half-attentive
glance. A closer attention fixes its
place, from nature as distinct from its
surroundings. Full concentration of the
faculty of observation gives us all the
knowledge that the three chief senses
can gather about the object, or if we
touch or taste, we may gather all that
the five senses can tell of its nature
and properties. Those who make use
of the six senses, the Poet, the Painter,